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Sorry to hear the bad news. I met Jim and Carol (and their 2 Yorkies) at Spridget 50 at LOTO. I heard a lot about OSHITs and Holy Sprites and was lucky to have been able to participate in his Wild West OSHIT. He was a great guy and a great host. The group
was having beer and pizza at the Dodge City Brewery when that storm rolled in. The sky got black and all the TVs were showing the storm and tornadoes all around. All of a sudden, the tornado sirens started blaring and we were sitting at a big table with
plate glass windows all around. I'm thinking, o shit, should we get under the table or what? I look at Jim and he is just sitting there sipping his beer watching the TVs. He says in his slow drawl, "It ain't gonna hit us". All of a sudden, I felt right
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Spridgets <spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Dave and Terri Woerpel via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 10, 2023 9:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] Re: [Spridgets] RIP Jim Johnson</font>
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<div dir="auto">Dang it Mr. Dillon, we'uns lost another good'un. Jim was involved in so many things and now who's going to re-enact Wyatt Earp? I remember him trying to get me to eat Rocky Mountain Oysters when we were there for his OSHIT gathering. He called
in a beauty of a storm that weekend. A big man with a big heart and a bit of a stubborn streak. He and Frank are no doubt discussing "bootleg" parts from a certain balloon loving country.
<div dir="auto"> RIP my friend,</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks for the update Ron.</div>
<div dir="auto">All y"all be well,</div>
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<div dir="auto">"Pay It Forward "</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 6:52 AM Ron Soave via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Just heard from Tiffany Clarici that Jim Johnson passed away several days ago. Jim was a huge contributor to the OSHITs, BusterCluster, Holy Sprite and many of the elements that made this list the most generous collection of people imaginable
for so many years. Godspeed, Jim, and may all of your weather forecasts will be 100% spot-on. <br>
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